"Anyone can have one kid. But going from one kid to two is like going from owning a dog to running a zoo." - P. J. O'Rourke

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Happy Mother's Day!

I really never appreciated my own mom properly until I became a mom myself. Truth be told, I just took her for granted. Mom was mom. She was there for me whenever I needed her, it was expected.

Now that I'm a mom, I realize that that "being there" meant not being somewhere else. She loved me when I wasn't very lovable (read - from age 12 to 17). She taught me about life, not in long lectures and sermons, but in letting me observe her doing life. She taught me I could be/do anything I set my mind to.

She taught me calculus and physics.

She taught me how to portage a canoe, and that I can continue to portage canoes on into my 70's.

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Quote of the Day

“The more I consider Christianity, the more I found that while it has established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.” – G.K. Chesterton (Orthodoxy)